Photo: Philroc · CC BY-SA 4.0Tuckahoe has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income A−: better than 80% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #113 of 253 in Virginia.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns · #130 of 253 in Virginia.
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Virginia 27, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Tuckahoe; the top destination outside it is Richmond (23%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Tuckahoe
Tuckahoe and Richmond trade workers both ways
Richmond is the top workplace for Tuckahoe residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Tuckahoe come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Tuckahoe draws workers from far and wide
The 11,562 jobs in Tuckahoe are filled from a wide area. Tuckahoe’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Tuckahoe are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Tuckahoe residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Tuckahoe’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tuckahoe is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #113 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tuckahoe could be anywhere from B+ to A.
23% of working residents work in Richmond
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Tuckahoe clocks in
23% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Virginia
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuckahoe workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,837 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Tuckahoe commutes less than 8 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Tuckahoe quiets down on a workday
On a workday 19,912 residents head out to work, 1,270 work right here, and 10,292 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40,000 people are in Tuckahoe on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
11,562 jobs are based in Tuckahoe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tuckahoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuckahoe, 2013 → 2023: 12,151 → 11,562. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Tuckahoe start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tuckahoe is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #130 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 23,856 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 31% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Tuckahoe households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Tuckahoe’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tuckahoe is 308th of 927 U.S. towns of 34,000 to 66,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tuckahoe, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 4 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Ashburn VA | 46,026 | $155K | 4.0% | 3.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 306 | Jupiter FL | 62,350 | $110K | 9.5% | 3.0% | 21% | A− |
| 307 | Santee CA | 58,205 | $113K | 7.9% | 4.7% | 8% | A− |
| 308 | Tuckahoe VA | 49,183 | $102K | 7.4% | 4.2% | 6% | A− |
| 309 | Oro Valley AZ | 48,085 | $107K | 6.5% | 2.3% | 12% | A− |
| 310 | Cypress CA | 48,781 | $130K | 6.6% | 5.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 927 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
26% of Tuckahoe works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Richmond (23%). Darker towns draw more of Tuckahoe’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tuckahoe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuckahoe | – | A− | B+ | 21 min | $102,264 |
| Richmond | 23% | C+ | A+ | 22 min | $64,587 |
| Short Pump | 3% | A+ | B+ | 22 min | $138,845 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Tuckahoe: questions
What is the median household income in Tuckahoe?
$102,264 (±$7,148) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuckahoe?
7.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuckahoe?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuckahoe work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (23%, 7 mi), Innsbrook (5%, 5 mi), Short Pump (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tuckahoe walkable?
Tuckahoe is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tuckahoe without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tuckahoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuckahoe
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.